MONADELPHIA. 437 



pod of this Order. Most of its spcicics are 

 foetid and \cry poisonous, whereas scarcely 

 any plants properly belonging to this Class 

 are remarkably noxious, lor I have great 

 doubts concerning the disease called Ra- 

 phanht, attributed by Linna*,us to the seeds 

 oi Rnp/ifUNis liaphanhtrum. 



The Cruciform plants are vulgarl}^ called 

 antiscorbutic, and supposed to be of an 

 alkalescent nature. Their essential oil, 

 which is generally obtainable in very small 

 quantities by distillation, smells like vola- 

 tile alkali, and is of a very acrid quality. 

 Hence the foetid scent of water in which 

 cabbages, or other plants of this tribe, 

 have been boiled. 



Class 16. Moiiadelpliia. Stamens united 

 by their filaments into one tube- Orders S, 

 distinguished by the number of their sta- 

 mens. 



i. Tricuirlria is exemphfied hy Shi/ri.nchi{(ir?, 

 Ic. Fid. t. 9, '<.'^y\^ Ferrarku Ciwt, Maa\ 

 1. 144, 532, both erroneously placed bV 

 Linnaeus in Gynandrla. Also the sin-ular 

 Cape plant Aplnjteia^ consisting of a larjio 



